Abstract: The Alan Farley Collection consists primarily of recordings made for the radio program Book Talk recorded on audio cassette
tapes, digital audio tapes and compact discs. Book Talk airs on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco, California, though some of
the recordings are used for other radio programs Farley hosts on KALW, such as the show Open Air.

Alan Farley is a volunteer producer of talk and music programming at the noncommercial public radio station KALW 91.7 FM in
San Francisco, California. He is host and producer for the music show Open Air and the talk show Book Talk, described by KALW's
website as, "in-depth interviews with contemporary authors." Additionally, Farley hosts I Love To Rhyme, My Favorite Things
and Explorations in Music. Farley has been involved with KALW since 1975. KALW has been broadcasting since March 1941, and
was the first FM radio station in San Francisco, as well as the first educational FM station in the United States.

Though the interviews in the collection are sometimes used for other shows, they are recorded for broadcast first on Book
Talk. The show has interviewed such authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Isabel Allende, Salman Rushdie, Al Franken, Gore Vidal,
John Updike, George Stephanopoulos, Chastity (Chaz) Bono, Mary Higgins Clarke, Michael Ondaatje, Sherman Alexie, Caroline
Kennedy, and Armistead Maupin. It is a half hour long show broadcast weekly.

Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.

The Alan Farley Collection consists of recordings made by Alan Farley for the Book Talk radio program on KALW 91.7 in San
Francisco, California. The recordings are on audio cassette tapes, digital audio tapes and compact discs. The recordings are
interviews between Alan Farley and numerous local, national and international authors of fiction and nonfiction works.

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This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

KALW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Authors--20th century--Interviews

Radio interviews

Radio talk shows

Radio programs--United States

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Box 1

1996-1997 Book Talk Episodes1995-1997

Language of Material:
English

Physical Description:
32 audio cassette tapes

Scope and Contents note

Order of information: Episode Number; Author Last Name, Author First Name; Book Title; [Author Last Name-2, Author First Name-2;
Book Title-2;] Record Date; Air Date (Length:Minutes)

B0923; Dyson, Michael Eric; Professor, Author; Can You Hear Me Now? 5/27/2009; 6/14/2009 (:30): He talks about the collection
of his thoughts over the past twenty years

B0924; Lewis, Michael; Author; Home Game; 6/9/2009; 6/21/2009 (:30): He talks about his book about fatherhood and his three
children

B0925; de Botton, Alain; Author; The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work; 6/10/2009; 6/28/2009 (:30): He talks about why and how
he wrote the book

B0926; Child, Lee; Author; Gone Tomorrow; 6/6/2009; 7/5/2009 (:30): He talks about his latest Jack Reacher thriller, and the
origin and evolution of the series

B0927; Lescroart, John; Author; A Plague of Secrets; 7/2/2009; 7/12/2009 (:30): He talks about his latest San Francisco-based
legal thriller

B0928; Farrell, Mike; Actor; Of Mule and Man; 6/25/2009; 7/19/2009 (:30) He talks about his journal of his 9000 mile trip
around the country on the book tour for the paperback edition of "Call Me Mike"

B0929; Sethi, Ali; Author; The Wish Maker; 6/22/2009; 7/26/2009 (:30): He talks about ihis first novel, and his study at Harvard
and in his native Pakistan

B0930; Gavin, James; Author; Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne; 7/15/2009; 8/2/2009 (:30): He talks about why and how
he wrote this biography

B0931; Krassner, Paul; Satirist; In Praise Of Indecency; 7/14/2009; 8/9/2009 (:30): He talks about his book and the state
of comedy and politics today

B0932; Laird, Nick; Author; Glover's Mistake; 7/22/2009; 8/16/2009 (:30): He talks about his new novel, writing poetry and
making book tours

B0933; Ellis, David; Author, Lawyer; The Hidden Man. Pledge Special; 9/10/2009; 9/13/2009 (:60): He talks about his latest
mystery, and his legal career, which included leading the impeachment of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.Dianne Keogh joins
Alan for some book recommendations

B0934; Baker, Nicholson; Author; The Anthologist; 9/17/2009; 9/20/2009 (:30): He talks about his new novel, and about studying
music at Eastman, and how he started writing after deciding he wasn't making it in music

B0935; Bartlett, Allison Hoover; Author; The Man Who Loved Books Too Much; 9/21/2009; 9/27/2009 (:30): She tells us how and
why she wrote about book thief John Gilkey

B0936; Winn, Steven; Journalist; Come Back, Como; 9/24/2009; 10/4/2009 (:30): He tells why he wrote this book about the family's
difficult dog, and about how he has after having left the Chronicle after 28 years

B0937; Hornby, Nick; Author; Juliet, Naked; 10/8/2009; 10/11/2009 (:30) He talks about his new novel and the new film he has
written, "An Education"

B0938; Cheuse, Alan; Author; A Trance Before Breakfast; 10/16/2009; 10/18/2009 (:30): He talks about his travel book, and
his reviews for NPR

B0939; Colfer, Eoin; Author; And Another Thing...; 10/8/2009; 11/1/2009 (:30): He talks about continuing the Hitchhiker's
Guide to the GAlaxy series, and his own series, Artemis Fowl

B0940; Nachman, Gerald; Author; Right Here on Our Stage Tonight: Ed Sullivan's America; 11/3/2009; 11/8/2009 (:30): He talks
about how and why he wrote the book

B0943; West, Cornel; Professor; Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud - A Memoir; 11/20/2009; 11/29/2009 (:30): He talks
about his memoir and his life

B0944; Sam, Canyon; Author, Activist; Sky Train; 12/1/2009; 12/6/2009 (:30): She talks about her visits to Tibet and how she
became an activist

B0945; Thomson, David; Author; The Moment of Psycho; 12/2/2009; 12/13/2009 (:30): He talks about his latest book, about Alfred
Hitchcock and "Psycho"

B0946; Penzler, Otto; Bookstore Owner, Anthologist; The Lineup; 12/3/2009; 12/20/2009 (:30): He talks about his book, which
collects crime fiction writers' description about the creation of their main characters. His interview is 11 min, then David
Latulippe, Dianne Keogh and Peter Robinson read excerpts from Ian Rankin, Lee Child and Colin Dexter

B0947; Linde, Paul; Psychiatrist, Author; Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist; 12/17/2009; 12/27/2009
(:30): He talks about his new book, and working in the ER of S. F. General Hospital